Bureaucracy and Regulation

As crime rates rise and government policing fails, more and more people are turning to private security, which is more effective in preventing crime than government police.

When speaking of government actions, Einstein's alleged definition of insanity comes to mind. But no one does exactly the same thing twice, per Heraclitus. In the end, however, government action is doomed for failure.

Energy production in the USA and elsewhere is in trouble because of government control. We need more energy and less regulation.

Should there be vaccine mandates to deal with covid? Progressive authorities say one thing, but the data say another.

Not satisfied with hamstringing the oil and gas industries, environmentalists now are shutting down farms and production of livestock, all in the name of fighting climate change. But people still need to eat.

Progressives seem to believe that we improve healthcare outcomes by spending more. This is a recipe for failure.

Economists like Paul Krugman have claimed that practice of austerity in government would damage the US economy. As Mark Thornton points out, the opposite is true: austerity works.

Following the attack on Paul Pelosi, the Capitol Police office has demanded a big budget increase. This is not to increase safety but rather to increase the agency's bureaucratic reach.

In the name of "protecting workers," progressive legislators put people out of work. For their own good, of course.

During the worst days of the covid lockdowns and mandates, Americans were told that wearing masks was a matter of life and death. However, those giving the orders didn't believe what they were saying.